lambkin

American  

[lam-kin] / ˈlæm kɪn /

noun

1. a little lamb.

2. a person who is exceptionally sweet, young, and innocent, as a small child.

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lambkin British  

/ ˈlæmkɪn /

noun

1. a small or young lamb

2. a term of affection for a small endearing child

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Etymology

Origin of lambkin

First recorded in 1570–80; lamb + -kin

Example Sentences

It was taken for granted that "Little Nell" had fallen down some cliff, no doubt, and lay buried there, with the snow for her shroud, like a strayed lambkin.

From Uncanny Tales by Molesworth, Mrs. Mary Louisa

The bells of the herd ring afar on the plain, My darling, my lambkin, my sun and my bliss, Oh, fain would I see thee and greet thee again!

From Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine by Heine, Heinrich

They say he is fleet as the wind, excellency, and he is as gentle as a lambkin.

From The Honour of Savelli A Romance by Levett-Yeats, S. (Sidney)

It was a holiday within a holiday to traverse the town with this lambkin.

From Revisiting the Earth by Hill, James Langdon

This chief appoints the sowing of the fields and the management of the sheep, but not a grain of oats, nor solitary lambkin belongs to him any more than to another.

From For the Right by Franzos, Karl Emil